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About meLauren's most recent work is OUR DAILY BREAD, published October 1, 2011 by Wordcraft of Oregon which earned a starred review in Quill & Quire and was named one of the "Very Best Books of 2011" by "The Globe & Mail". Her first novel, THE STUBBORN SEASON, was a national bestseller and named as one of the Top 15 Bestselling First Novels by Amazon.ca and Books in Canada. It was also chosen by Robert Adams for his prestigious 2003-2004 book review series. Her second novel, THE RADIANT CITY, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Award. She has also published two collections of short stories, AN UNREHEARSED DESIRE (longlisted for the Relit Award) and RAT MEDICINE & OTHER UNLIKELY CURATIVES.

Lauren B. Davis was born in Montreal and lived in France for ten years from 1994-2004. She now lives in Princeton, New Jersey with her husband, Ron, and her dog, Bailey, known as the Rescuepoo.

A well-respected creative writing teacher who has taught in Geneva, Paris and Ireland, as well as in the USA and Canada, she is also a past Mentor with the Humber College Creative Writing by Correspondence Program, and past Writer-in-Residence at Trinity Church, Princeton. She now leads “Sharpening the Quill” writers’ workshops in Princeton, and teaches occasionally at various correctional facilities.

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Favorite authorsMorley Callaghan, John Crowley, Michael Dirda, Graham Greene, Mark Helprin, Alistair MacLeod, Per Petterson, Chet Raymo, Marilynne Robinson, Michael Winter (Shared favorites)

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